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Uniqueness of closed self-similar solutions to the Gauss curvature flow

Differential Geometry 2016-09-20 v1

Abstract

We show the uniqueness of strictly convex closed smooth self-similar solutions to the α\alpha-Gauss curvature flow with (1/n)<α<1+(1/n)(1/n) < \alpha < 1+(1/n). We introduce a Pogorelov type computation, and then we apply the strong maximum principle. Our work combined with earlier works on the Gauss Curvature flow imply that the α\alpha-Gauss curvature flow with (1/n)<α<1+(1/n)(1/n) < \alpha < 1+(1/n) shrinks a strictly convex closed smooth hypersurface to a round sphere.

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@article{arxiv.1609.05487,
  title  = {Uniqueness of closed self-similar solutions to the Gauss curvature flow},
  author = {Kyeongsu Choi and Panagiota Daskalopoulos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.05487},
  year   = {2016}
}